As it's one of the newest professions around, blogging for a living seems to have a glamorous reputation. People are often in awe when I tell them that I'm a pro blogger. Not of me, you understand, but of the lifestyle that they perceive me as having.
I love my job and can't deny that I've had some ...

Amelie's speech is getting better by the day and we now enjoy full conversations with her. As her understanding of the world isn't as advanced as her language, though, she comes out with some really funny things. The contrary 'logic' that is a key pillar of the terrible twos only serves to add to the ...

The FIFA World Cup kicks off in just over a month, so it's time for self-respecting fans to swot up. Thanks to the people at Carlton, we've got all the information we need ahead of the tournament. They sent us a bundle of their Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia books to read through. Here's ...

Did you know that last week was National Stop Snoring Week? I'm guilty of pushing up rather loud zeds now and then, so when the people at Breathe Right asked me to take part, I felt I ought to!
They sent me a hamper of items to help me - and Kate, of course - to relax. ...

I took Xander to a friend's birthday party yesterday. It was at an attraction close to the sea and, as we arrived early, we decided to skim some stones.
The tide was quite high and the waves feisty so he soon started playing another game. Running up to the water's edge, retreating at the last minute ...

One of the many day-to-day highlights of having children is discovering their abandoned play scenes. As well as laughing at some of the bizarre setups I find, I like to try to work out what was going on in the stories they were acting out.
Maybe I'm being paranoid, but perhaps these strange configurations are left ...

With the exception of overly familiar strangers who always seem to sit next to me on the bus, nobody likes discussing intimate health issues.
As a nation, we're generally very awkward about such things and tend to shy away from them. As a result, though, we know less about some conditions than we ought to.
For example, ...

It has been literally years since I participated in a blogging meme. They were all the rage back in 2013 but seem to be few and far between these days. This is a shame as they're a great way of finding out a bit more about other bloggers.
Thanks to Maddie and Daddy though, here's my ...

I love the abandoned play scenes that youngest leaves. The most recent one featured Captain America watching an episode of Shimmer and Shine. I quite like the idea of the most earnest of the Avengers enjoying the antics of two frankly useless genies.
It would make a great mashup actually. This got me thinking - which ...

Putting out the bins is never a nice job. I have to drag what feels like more than my own bodyweight in rubbish down a narrow alleyway. That said, it's a bit better during spring and summer.
For one, I can actually see what I'm doing thanks to the days being longer. Secondly, I'm always intrigued ...